Architecten Achtergael BVBA

Villa VH In T

VILLA VH IN T

Beel & Achtergael Architecten

Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin

ARCHITECTS
Beel & Achtergael Architecten

PHOTOGRAPHS
Filip Dujardin

AREA
862.0 m2

YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Belgium

CATEGORY
Houses

Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin

Text description provided by architect.

The client wanted a house where he could relax in calm and privacy among his family and friends and enjoy his extensive art collection.

The site for the building is on a mixed vernacular residential / light industrial street close to the clients companies offices.

Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin
Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin

While the general surroundings at the rear of the plot are agricultural and offer a quiet perspective, there is considerable traffic at the front.

In this project we therefore tried to create “a little world on its own” by arranging all dwelling quarters on the ground floor in a U-shape around an open air courtyard.

Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin
Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin

On the inside of this shape a continuous glass wall opens the generous circulation and living rooms to this “heart”, the social core of the house.

Designed for easy living, it is here that guests are invited to enjoy the light, space and art.

Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin
Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin

To the outside the walls of the building are mostly closed however: smooth surfaces of white plasterwork, only sparsely punctuated with large windows where needed for the more intimate rooms that cradle the transparent inner space.

The first floor is reserved for business and recreational seclusion: discrete volumes house an office and a media room and give shape to the silhouette of the house, their distinct windows catching north light and looking across the surrounding fields.

Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin


Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin
Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin
Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin
Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin
Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin
Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin
Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin
Villa VH In T
© Filip Dujardin


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